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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Lamar Terrace Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201421104 · Harris, TX · pop 4,088 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

48201421104 is a census tract in the Lamar Terrace area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,088. Adults with no health insurance runs 54.5% against 11.3% nationally.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 55% Stable renters 45% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units1,564
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate33.2%
Median income$42,959

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 11 tracts In Lamar Terrace
Very High
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#265 of 952 tracts In Houston
Elevated
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#178 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.7230, -95.4805 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lamar Terrace scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Houston
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
33.2% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$936 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Houston
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Houston
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Houston
2.5

How Lamar Terrace compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lamar Terrace risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 4211043.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 230Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.98×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lamar Terrace. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lamar Terrace

100% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 50.7% against 31.5% nationally.

The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.1/10. The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

At $936 a month, rents run 31% under what the rest of Houston commands. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

Cost burden runs 55% here against 49.5% across Harris County. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $42,959.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201421104

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201421104?

Census tract 48201421104 in the Lamar Terrace neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 48201421104?

Median gross rent is $936/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201421104?

33.2% of residents in tract 48201421104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,088.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201421104?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 72th, minority 97th, housing 97th.
Q5

Is tract 48201421104 considered part of Lamar Terrace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201421104 fall within Lamar Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201421104 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.98× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48201421104 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201421104 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Houston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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